Black Powder War by Naomi Novik, third in her Temeraire series, passes up first installment, His Majesty's Dragon, to lead the paperback bestseller list. All three titles from the series are in the top ten. The runner-up is Broken by Kelley Armstrong (Bantam Spectra). We recorded 50 nominations, down from last month's 56.

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis is back on top of our trade paperback list, followed by Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip. There were 39 trade paperback nominations, down from 47.